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| UK soldier dies after Iraq patrol | UK soldier dies after Iraq patrol |
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| A British soldier has died after he was wounded during a routine patrol in southern Iraq. | A British soldier has died after he was wounded during a routine patrol in southern Iraq. |
| The Ministry of Defence said the serviceman, who has not been named, was injured in the al-Ashar district of Basra at about 1400 BST. | |
| A second soldier was also wounded in the incident but was recovering in hospital, a military spokesman said. | |
| This latest death comes a day after another UK soldier died after being wounded on patrol in the same area. | |
| The Ministry of Defence said the soldier in the most recent incident was taken to Basra Palace for treatment before being flown by helicopter to a field hospital at Basra Air Station. | |
| A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said his family have not been informed yet. | |
| Major David Gell, British military spokesman in Basra, said a second soldier was also wounded. | |
| He told Sky News he was in hospital but was not seriously ill and was expected to make a full recovery. | |
| Earlier, the Ministry of Defence named the soldier who died on Sunday as Kingsman Danny John Wilson, 28, of the 2nd Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, from Workington in Cumbria. | |
| The total number of UK troops killed in operations in Iraq is 136. | The total number of UK troops killed in operations in Iraq is 136. |